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(JULY 2011) I always knew of Tony Hendra’s magazine work, being
of the generation who were teens and then college students during
the best years of both the National Lampoon and
Spy. But I never real knew Hendra until I read Rick
Meyerowitz’s book, Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Writers and
Artists Who Made the National Lampoon Insanely Great.

TONY HENDRA audio excerpt: "With
the (New York Times) struggling — with a moron as its
publisher, numerous scandals over the past ten years — it remains
the Old Grey Lady and the Old Grey Lady is as constipated as
ever... and we've been having great fun with the corpse of the
Times."

Meyerowitz wrote that Hendra was one of the “brilliant” guys in
the book’s title. He was also very good at holding his alcohol,
apparently.“Often, reading the magazine, you can’t tell who wrote
what, but Tony’s prose has a specific gravity. You can feel its
weight on the page. His sentences, like shiny steel, fit together
with a metallic sound, like the business parts of a Gatling gun
locking in place. And his words ring like bullet casings hitting a
steel deck after being fired.”

TheFinalEdition.com

Am I intimidated talking to someone that clever? Of course; why
else do you think I’m relying on Rick Meyerowitz’s words to carry
me here? Hendra is back in the spotlight with the launch of
TheFinalEdition.com, a broad parody of The New York Times,
Fox News and media in general. You might argue that on any given
day, The New York Times itself is but a parody of The
New York Times, but that won’t deter the likes of Tony Hendra.
He has the Old Grey Lady in his sights and his trigger finger is
ready to squeeze.

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